Jeudi 27 Mars
[Visite] Kyō-ryōri 京料理
Jeudi j'ai eu la chance de pouvoir manger un repas typiquement japonais : Kaiseki 
Bon je sais plus trop ce que j'ai mangé mais je vais essayer XD..
Alors pousse de bambou avec du tofu mais un tofu différent parce qu'il avait la consistance d'une viande XD
Plutôt bon et intéressant
Sashimi : Thon avec tai (Sparidae).
Pas mauvais mais bon sashimi c'est pas nouveau 
Tai avec un oignon et je sais plus XD..
J'ai super bien aimé le poisson on aurait dit du poulet 
Shirasu avec mini crevettes
Un peu trop amer à mon goût mais c'était pas si mal.
J'ai oublié le nom... Mais c'est fait avec ce qui se trouve à la surface du tofu XD.. Yuba (food)
C'était pas mauvais et j'ai bien aimé la forme. On dirait un mini oreiller
Riz et une soupe miso rouge (si j'm'en souviens bien)
Sans riz, j'aurais vraiment été déçue XD..
Glace maccha, fraise et sakura mochi (bizarrement quand c'est le dessert, je me souviens des noms )
Bon j'ai tout aimé XD Sauf p'tet la glace, un peu trop amère :/
Et pour finir un p'tit café XD
Bon ça c'est quand ils nous l'ont donné parce qu'après j'ai rajouté 2 trucs de lait et tout le sucre XD
Mes plats préférés étaient le 3è et le riz. J'avais encore un peu faim après (p'tet parce que j'avais pas p'tit dèj) mais c'était plutôt sympa.
C'était pas trop cher pour du kaiseki et puis j'ai passé un super moment
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Mercredi 26 Mars
[Visite] One month summary XD
Ok I'm lagging behind way too much so I think it's time for a one month summary (I don't know why but now, every time I want to write "too" I write "to"... Japanese effect?)
C'est parti !
13/02: Osaka 3D
Being busy in the week-end is not enough, I have to be busy during the week too (and I already said that XD)
With a friend we decided to see the illuminations in Osaka.
It's not bad but... Too expensive for what it is. Though I really enjoyed the light show with classical music.
And I don't think I'll ever like Osaka...
14/02: Yatsuhashi
That day I made Yatsuhashi. No, it wasn't for Valentine's day XD but it was a school activity.
I actually had a lot of fun that day.
16/02: Science centre
Because I still need to make a profit on my free card, I suggested to some friends to go to the science centre.
Of course, I liked it a lot XD It was awesome and I'm thinking of going back (even if I have to pay. Yes.) We also went to the planetarium but I don't think it was that great (and I've never been to the Futuroscope yet XD)
The only thing that bothered me a bit is that, as expected, there were a lot of kids. But I didn't expect to be as old as their parents XD... (It seems, at least. Japanese people look younger...)
23/02: Zoo and other stuff
I visited the zoo of Kyoto even though I don't like going to the zoo. I never liked that as far as I remember... But because it was free... :D
And this time, I liked it even less. I felt sorry for some of the animals :( Also well it's not fun.
At least, with my classmate we visited the area around and we returned to Murin-an (well for him it was the first time XD).
It was ok: it was free and I like the place, so...
On my way back home, and because I had my camera, I went to Shiramine jingu shrine or the shrine of soccer. A lot of players go here to pray and:
Even if I don't like this anime any more, I used to so... :D And I find this pretty awesome.
2014-02-23-1 Zoo
2014-02-23-2 Higashiyama
2014-02-23-3 Murin-an
2014-02-23-4 Shiramine Jingu Shrine
27/02: Rokkaku-ji
My friend told me of this temple close to school and after a second attempt (because apparently he wasn't aware that temples close at 17:00... x)) We managed to get there.
Nothing special but I like the small birds
28/02: Monjayaki
It's amazing how school can effect your life XD
At school we were learning stuff with experiences like "have you ever" and one day we had 4 Japanese stuff: Maccha, (maccha?) parfait, yatsuhashi and monjayaki.
First one, easy, second one, done, third one, nailed it (thanks to school XD) but the last one was remaining. I was told the name because I didn't remember it.
And this is how I ended up eating it. It's like okonomiyaki but with no pasta. I like it better even if it doesn't like... err appetizing?
03/03: Hinamatsuri
Some Japanese friends told me about the Hinamatsuri. It's a festival for little girls XD where you can dispose of your old dolls. Because if you throw them away something bad might happen as they have a soul or something.
With a friend we went to http://www.hokyoji.net/ but because it was very small and not that great we (well he) decided to go to Shimogamo shrine.
And it was a good idea.
09/03: Botanical garden
I don't remember why but it had been decided to visit the Kyoto Botanical Garden.
It was... ok, I guess but there wasn't much to see except maybe some plum flowers XD.. At least the greenhouse had interesting flowers to see (but then again I'm not really into flowers...)
2014-03-09-1 Kyoto Botanical Garden
2014-03-09-2 Greenhouse
15/03: Doshisha
A friend wanted to study with me for the final exams (I can do that alone XD) and we needed a place to stay. So we entered the university nearby but couldn't find a place. So we simply visited the university XD
It looks so cool... Why don't we have that in France? XD I'm lucky I had something like that in Liverpool otherwise it would have been so unfair
16/03: Hanatoro
Lights again XD But this time in Kyoto *_*
I would have had more fun if I wasn't constantly avoiding the camera of some people... And I'm not happy about my pictures >>
21/03: Graduation
Final day at school. We made takoyaki and I took a lot of pictures of the food
24/03: Diorama
Diorama. As I say it perfectly (XD) in Japanese: it's small, a bit boring and expensive XD
It's a place where you can see most of Kyoto's tourist spots but it's way too small and because it's inside you can't take good pictures. And everything is too far... The only interesting thing is when they switch off the lights and you have Kyoto by night.
It's ok but it's not worth it. Maduoram is way better. I also visited a similar place in England (years ago XD) and it was also outside. So I don't understand what they were trying to do here but indoor isn't good.
After that we visited the neighbouring area. It was more interesting XD Me ❤ water *_*
2014-03-24-1 Arashiyama
2014-03-24-2 Diorama
2014-03-24-3 Piano museum
2014-03-24-4 Arashiyama
It's been almost 6 months since I'm here XD I'll try to post something related (or not).
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Mardi 11 F�vrier
[Visite] Maybe I should rest? XD
[Almost 2 months later... XD..]
The 11th is a National holiday. I was getting sicker and sicker and becoming more and more tired because of the amount of work I had to do the past days (I'm not even talking about school XD) but I still planned on doing something, because, it was a National holiday so you need to do something special! Right?
After checking on the Internet I found the Hoshi matsuri / star festival. From the pictures it looked interesting and people are wearing funny clothes. And on top of that they set a big fire and I like fire
But actually the fire, here, has another meaning. The fire is here to clean the karma and cure the suffering in the world. Apparently, this festival is held by the members of a quite new religion named Agon Shu.
I knew nothing about it before going there and looking back I think that some stuff were kind of similar to a sect? And the priest did look and acted like the Pope.
In any case it looked interesting and I was looking forward to it. But now I understand why the people I talked to knew nothing about it.
We took a shuttle that departed from Kyoto station and I was lucky I went with a Japanese friend because finding it was more difficult than expected. But then again it seems that this community is proud of being able to speak English for I got a pamphlet in English.
Once there I didn't have the best time of my life as there were a lot of stairs. Really.
On the way there were several resting points:
It shows how difficult it was T_T At least for me XD
After so much effort, we finally arrived to destination.
It was quite nice. You could see that the people were happy to be there 
I didn't understand the schedule quite well (same for my JP friend XD) so we didn't really know where to go. But at least we decided to collect the stamp.
See, they gave us a pamphlet and there were 4 stamps to collect. After getting them all, you get a present :D Somehow, it made everything even more interesting XD
There were a lot of people but we managed to get a correct view of the fires.
They were throwing stuff in it, old omikuji or stuff alike (I didn't remember the name XD..)
It was fun and then we headed to the other stamp collection place (yeah, it really helped visiting everything XD).
More and more climbing T_T
We got some plants to repress evil spirits XD:
[The funny thing in it is I think it actually worked? XD]
Four of the seven gods (whose name I didn't get XD)
We finally arrived to the big temple or main location:
I really liked the park but the rest was fine too. It's really really huge though.
Still in the main area... I think.
Then the temple:
We didn't get in (you need to pay, remove your shoes, etc.), we didn't know what was going on and you could see inside easily
In the brochure, they said that there was a big statue to look forward to and we were afraid we could only see it if we paid the fee. But...
It was actually right in front of our noses We had to ask the staff...
Part of the procession with the 4 gods again (before my camera died XD ... And revived!)
In the end we managed to get all the stamps and got our gift!
It's one of the 7 gods... And because we all got the same, it means that you have to do that 7 years in a row to catch'em all... Pokémon is easier
The way back was, let's say, interesting. There was no pavement and had to walk on the road. Well, no wonder there was no pavement it was like a small highway.
I feared for my life but apparently I was the only one. I don't know about the other countries, but never do that in France. You might not survive long. If you don't get hit by a car you'd probably die of a heart attack.
And we walked a lot. We arrived at a subway station but decided to keep walking XD.. So in the end, I was quite hungry and my friend showed me this place where you can eat a unique Kyoto, even Gion, dish: Issen yoshoku. In short, it's like a okonomiyaki with a lot of stuff in it. It's not bad. It's not exceptional either but it's a bit expensive XD.. I was still hungry. But I think it's something you have to do at least once in your life (and the restaurant is... strangely decorated... o_O).
At the end of the day, I asked my Japanese friend what Japanese people usually do on this day: "Nothing special, we stay home and rest". Hmmmm am I crazier than the JP? XD
Pictures: 2014-02-11-1 Hoshi Matsuri
2014-02-11-2 Kaeri michi
2014-02-11-3 Issen yoshoku
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